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Weekend work
It is November and still surprisingly warm, though we get cold blasts here and there. It was entirely warm enough to work outside this weekend, which is exactly what we did. Outdoor tasks become a bit of a race at … Continue reading
Homemade, recycled treehouse, quick update
This isn’t really part 4 in this series, but a quick update until I have the time to prepare a full report on the next phase building our treefort out of mostly recycled materials. The weather is getting much colder, … Continue reading
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Weekend work: cold, wet and productive
Saturday dawned cold and dreary. We had to pull on jackets and scarves before heading out to collect a pile of scrap metal from a junk heap in the far reaches of our property. Once that was delivered, we headed … Continue reading
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Homemade, recycled treehouse, part 3
In the waning light of Sunday evening we finally got the steps (built by my husband with help from our older son last week) up. Still quite a bit to do, but it’s really feeling very solid and useable now.
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Homemade, recycled treehouse, part 2
When I last wrote about the treehouse we are building with the boys out of a mix of reclaimed, recycled and new materials, here is where we stood in terms of outstanding tasks: Still to do: – install the roof … Continue reading
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